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[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] NyghtGT:
I might be late to the party but here we go anyway:

HTC Evo: Invisible App Launchers (Ninja Apps)

The Video Tutorial:

[youtube]XlSslJXbfeM[/youtube]

The Text / Image Tutorial:

What you will need:

- An HTC Evo (probably works on other phones, but I don't care about other phones) :)

- A Custom Launcher Program (Launcher Pro & ADW EX are what I have found this to work on)

- A Transparent Icon (You can download this one)

- A Wallpaper With App Images built into it (You can use this one)

The process:

Here we have our main screen...you guys are lucky I just switched to the cm7 RC1 and did a full wipe otherwise you might have had to wait for the apk release.

Basics first, we need to switch to a wallpaper that has App images designed into it...the one I have is really nice but there are others out there. Look.

After that we will switch to the first screen we will be adding our hidden launchers too. On this screen you will long press to bring up the "Add To Home Screen" selector. Select the "Custom Shortcut" and then choose "Pick Your Activity." From the next screen you choose what kind of Activity you want, an Application, Music Playlist, etc...After making your selection. Choose ok and your launching icon will be added.

Repeat the above step until your icons cover the launching area of your desire. You can go into ADW or Launcher Pro settings and edit the number of columns and rows on the screen. This will help somewhat with making icons cover the icon area from the wallpaper. For mine I left it at 6 rows and 4 columns.

After all your icons in place it is now time to make them transparent...Long press over the icon and in ADW you will select "Edit." press the icon in the edit screen and choose the transparent icon you downloaded earlier in the tutorial. Repeat this process until all of your icons are transparent.

YOU'RE DONE...

Some tidbits and problems you may run into:

- They are kind of invisible but I still see the icon text... You need to go into the settings for your Launcher Program and select "Hide icon Labels."

- I can't get the icons to fit right over the images... This is not an exact process and will requires some trial and error, as well as, tinkering on your part. Some things you can adjust to help this: Adjust your wallpaper to different sizes and display areas, Adjust the amount of columns and rows displayed on your screens.

- Where can I find more wallpapers like this? My best advise is to look on the internet, it's how I cam across it. I do make custom wallpapers, but, they are not free ($1.99) donations.

If you have any more questions please post them and I will address them as timely as I can.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Green_Arrow:
this is awesome thanx
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jeffhbo:
Umm, there's nothing new about this. Lots of people have posted themes that use this method. I've been doing this since last summer. This might be useful as a tutorial on the basic setup of this method. Also, of course it will work on any phone. What is the apk file going to do? Maybe I'm missing something...
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] adeyo:
great

Wow! I hadn't heard of this before, but i love the idea and the tutorial. THANKS!!! I'm gonna have to scour for more wallpapers. Is there anyway to take the wallpaper you have in a layered version and remove a few of the images and swap in a few of my own?? ex. i would take out the facebook logo and put a cartoon pic of my wife/kids for my quick dial apks. etc... anyway, thanks for the heads up!!

adam

EDIT: btw, what widget are you using on the wallpaper that show the 4 day weather icons? (or what widget and theme or icon pack)...thanks in advance
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] mmarks9156:
I have been looking for other wallpapers with app images built in and no luck. Any suggestions?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] ahavens17:
Wouldn't the definition of a donation be giving to a public and/or charitable cause? You aren't offering the wallpapers for free to the community, then allowing people to donate to your cause. If that isn't the case, it sounds like you are charging for a service, not encouraging a donation? Unless you plan on offering the wallpapers to all once the initial request for a custom donation inspired wallpaper is received?

I've been looking also for something like this for quite some time also, as I've been using the blank icons with wallpapers to some extent already, just not all over. Just along the edge like this:

View attachment 570663

The full setup is attached in the Scrolling 2.0 Theme in my sig which also has links on how to set it up from the original author. I also created some wallpapers other than the honeycomb one. PM me if if you would like to check them out.

Its hard to locate wallpapers with the icons pictures built in as I'm not sure what to search for exactly or what the "official" name of this type of wallpaper/setup is.

I could be wrong about what he's using, but you can achieve the 4 day weather forecast like that with the Beautiful Widget's Beautiful Weather Widget. You just need to download that skin, and then disable todays current weather.

I achieved the same widget look using the Beautiful Weather Widget in the screenshot above. Just changing the skin (the skin you would be looking for to achieve that effect is called BrushedInk&Black), hiding the background, and hiding the current weather. Beautiful Widgets is a paid app, but its worth it for the couple bucks it costs, it looks great and is highly customizable.
[Xoom General] drbuns:
Is anyone else constantly getting the "there was a problem while playing" error when viewing videos in the YouTube app?
[Xoom General] diaa08:
yeah, only happens with HQ, but i posted a bug report with google. the app is also not caching very much of the videos so it has problems on that front. i have a super fast internet connection too.
[Xoom General] android_geoff:
yes I get this every time. Once I click retry it doesn't do it again until I play a differ ant video.

When I had my nexus one and I downloaded the new YouTube app it kept doing it so I had to uninstall the update. It wasn't until I got my nexus s the YouTube app worked perfect with the gingerbread update
[Xoom General] DarkDvr:
A quick work around is to use jetvd app from market to stream 720p youtube videos... but eah problem is there and its super annoying. Happens almost every time u pause.

It also reverts to 480p video, and nothing u can do will revert it back to 720p. U have to reload the video. Super annoying
[Xoom General] Cbjake:
Yeah both wifi and 3g I get the error. Instlling what looks to be an older youtube from the market lets me play HD no problem... just not as interesting looking.
[Atrix 4G General] CC Lemon:
I've tried searching but haven't had much luck... some of the older (relatively) search results seem to indicate that the atrix should be capable or, at least, will be capable of doing 1080p video playback. I'm not really planning on going out of my way to find 1080 files to play on the phone, but there are a few that I already have and I'm sure I'll come across a few in the future as well.

So the questions is: Can it be done? Am I asking too much?

Thanks in advance
[Atrix 4G General] eatkabab:
dude I can't even get it to play MP4's let alone any HD ****... This phone has **** for touch sensitivity too. I traded my captivate for this and I'm not too happy as of yet
[Atrix 4G General] CC Lemon:
I've had issues with some MP4's and others have worked. The only difference I can readily see is the video quality which is why I posted this thread. I've found a couple of programs that will actually play the files I'm having issues with but it's so laggy that it's unusable.

People need to stop commenting on the other phones they've had experience with unless it is actually useful to a thread. If it wasn't such a prevalent issue with posters, I wouldn't be an ass about it, but I really don't care how you feel about this phone compared to your captivate as that is not at all related to my original post. Even though it's completely unrelated to my thread: the touch sensitivity is fine on mine. It's amazingly responsive and better than most phones I've used.

Point of this thread: Provide any information you may have on how to play higher quality video files or any future potential to do so. If there is a reason this is not possible, please provide that information.

Again, thanks in advance to any useful information!
[Atrix 4G General] sigp23940:
Before the phone was even for sale they made a statement about 1080p support, it will be added after release with a patch. Goolge atrix 1080p!
[Atrix 4G General] CC Lemon:
I searched but none of it seemed to be recent enough to be definitive.

Is the problem that the software doesn't make use of the capabilities of the Atrix? Some reason I hadn't thought of that when looking for an app earlier...
[Atrix 4G General] kenyu73:
If rumor is true, Tegra 2 only supports a specific type of HD format or something... and its not the common type that most get ripped too.

This is a Xoom thread that is all hot about the same issue... HD video choppy, no audio, etc, etc... The Xoom uses Tegra 2 as well.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=968640
[Atrix 4G General] FNugget:
I was able to get a 720p WMV running through RockPlayer, but I'm not sure if it's really the right quality. I haven't tried 1080p, due to the notice about the patch requirement.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riotfueled:
does anyone have a Cyan lockscreen for CM7 ;/ looked around couldnt find it just seen pics
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EffectiveRange:
Yeah i remember seeing it here before. wonder what happend to it?

BUMP
[G2 and Desire Z General] mputtr:
I've been doing searches in all the Desire Z forums and I couldn't find anything about installing HTC sense and all its goodies on CM7. Is it possible? I just got my Desire Z today so I'm still making attempts at learning the ins and outs of android.

EDIT: doing some extra searching off XDA, it seems that because of HTC's extensive work on the rom itself, it will not work with CM. I guess I'll have to pick and choose... that would lead to me wondering what alternative can I get to get as much flexibility as CM and still have sense....
[G2 and Desire Z General] riahc3:
HTC Sense is closedsource while CyanogenMod is based on ASOP.
[G2 and Desire Z General] cjward23:
What parts of sense were you wanting. There lots of apps you can use that can give you a sense look. If you want sense style widgets download launcher pro plus. You can theme the dock bar to look like the sense dock.

Use beautiful widgets to get the sense clock and weather, including the weather animations when you unlock the phone.

Have a look in the general android themes section for a theme that has just been released for the built in CM7 theme chooser and it will make you notifaction bar look like sense.

Hope this helps
[G2 and Desire Z General] wileykat:
Yep,... what he said,.... also,... "dialer one" is a good alternative to the sense dailer
[G2 and Desire Z General] SomEngangVar:
Here's a theme that'll make it a bit more sensey.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=970459
[G2 and Desire Z General] mputtr:
Ok, i'll look into all of that. I finally took the leap from my old touchpro to android, so im starting from scratch and back in square newbie.

The main thing that i wanted was the ability to link contacts to facebook as well a "favorites" that works like HTCs widgets. Im also still looking for a voice command app that does not access the internet so that it will work purely off my contact list. I loved the winmo voice command as to how it structured the responses and im looking for something like that
[G2 and Desire Z General] wileykat:
Launcher pro plus has the ense style widgets,.... and there is an app to run from pc that syncs contacts with facebook. Google "android facebook contact sync", if you dont have any luck finding it, drop me a pm, i'll have a butchers for you tonight or tomorrow when i can.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mputtr:
I'll check it out. Now I just have to find a way to transfer contacts and sms/mms from winmo to android
[G2 and Desire Z General] mputtr:
Heya, did a quick search on market and couldn't find the app to sync contacts with facebook...
[T-Mobile HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Development] clive48:
Hi

I have a strange problem with my HD2.

I am only able to dial certain phone nos.Some phone nos.- when you press "call" key, just make a "tu tu" sound & I get back dial pad.

However using the same SIM card, I can dial the same no.from another Nokia phone.

Pl advise :-

1.How to solve this problem?

2. If I have to upgrade my ROM (Win 6.5), what ROM I should upgrde to? I am in India now & won't use HD2 in USA.

3.What Android or Win7 can I upgrade to - if above upgrade doesn't work?

4.How Can I get my Stock ROm for HD2 to revert back to original state, if something goes wrong

Pl advise as I am new to Win phones but good with RIM phones

Thanks in adv
[T-Mobile HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Development] clive48:
Hi

I have now upgraded my phone ROM with T-Mobile update. A new radio isinstalled and the phone seems to be working well.Am able to dialnos which werenot working earlier
[T-Mobile HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Development] T-Macgnolia:
Glade to see you were abale to resolve your own problem kudoes to you for being able to search unlike some. But just as a friendly reminder don't forget to upsate your ROM and Radio in your signature. lol
[T-Mobile HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Development] zelduy:
is it ok to flash Leo_RADIO_2.15.50.14** into TMOUS?
[T-Mobile HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Development] T-Macgnolia:
Yes that is ok to flash to a TMOUS. You just can not flash a radio version that looks like 2.04.50.xx, 2.05.50.xx, or any x.xx.51.xx as they will brick a TMOUS HD2. Also never ever flash a official ROM from anywhere besides T-Mobile as they may contain a one of these radio versions.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mailcooldude:
Hi X10 mates, I was facing a typical SMS notification problem when i used "Handcent SMS" or "GO SMS". I was repeatedly receiving an invalid SMS notification of an old message which i deleted long back. Though it goes off when i clear the notifications, the notification comes back whenever i get a new message or open the "Handcent SMS" or "GO SMS" software. It was annoying me until i sat for 4 hours to crack it. I did all the crap (spend few hundreds too ;) ) to crack it. If you are ready to do all the crap, here it goes,,,

PREREQUISITES

1.Get access to your ROOT folder

- I used "SuperOneClick1.7(Free)" - It works with the latest firmware 2.1.A.0.435 - Pinch Zoom

2.Get a file explorer for your mobile

- I installed "Root Explorer(2.5 pounds)/(Free)"

3.Get a ".db" editor

- I installed "SQLLite Editor(1.8 pounds)"

SOLUTION

4.Open the Root Explorer and grant "SuperUser" Access when it pops up (This is the case with SuperOneclick)

5.Go to /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases

6.Open the "mmssms.db" (This is where all the mms and sms are stored) and select to SQLLite Editor in the pop up

7.Open the "sms" table and view for a row which has empty value in "thread_id" column.

8. Just press the row and delete the record ! And we are done !!

Though this may not be the easiest way, but i did at last!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidjems:
Interesting. Can this help on MMS unsendable & unreceivable?
[Epic 4G Android Development] k0nane:
Thank you! This will be in the ACS kernel team's kernel.
[Epic 4G Android Development] thomasskull666:
Excellent, patching up as we speak.
[Epic 4G Android Development] MysteryEmotionz:
Just wanted to be 3rd
[Epic 4G Android Development] thsisinsanity:
Cool, looks good.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Rodderik:
patching myself too thx will be in Genocide Kernel 0.3a
[Epic 4G Android Development] FoxRacR17:
THANKS! leave it up to xda to do a better job then Samsung lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] tmspyder:
Sweet,

tested working perfect. the LSD trails in video are gone and no FC in sports mode. TY so much.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Rodderik:
fix worked great! i just released genocide 0.3a with this patch included! thanks again!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Tortel1210:
Gotta love 1 line fixes :-)
[Epic 4G Android Development] kryptoniteman:
Would like to try this but only have mac os so odin...
[Epic 4G Android Development] xxmastermindxx:
Awesome, thanks man!
[Epic 4G Android Development] MoCoTerp:
Noob question.

Do you put this in PDA? Also no need for PIT or modem file right?

Via TapaTalk on Nook Tablet

-Edit-

Okay, used Odin, put patch in PDA with nothing else set. Worked perfectly! Thanks to all!
[Epic 4G Android Development] flyers2114:
You sir a genius....thx for this fix!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Silent25r:
What is sports mode? I can't find it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] poit:
Still camera, settings (gear button)>Scene Mode> Sports Before the fix it's an automatic FC
[Epic 4G Android Development] muyoso:
Can't wait to hear the details behind the bug.
[Epic 4G Android Development] BeerChameleon:
This patched worked perfectly on the genocide kernal!! Thanks For Your Hard Work!!

Now Just Waiting For Bonsai!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] worldwidepmp:
The geniuses at XDA strike again! Brilliant! Thanks!
[Epic 4G Android Development] poit:
Help please? I've flashed lots of roms but never a kernal like this. i'd like to stay with the stock ROM. Can't find anything on a search. Can someone either post a link or instructions.
[Epic 4G Android Development] morbiddevil82:
I would like to know how to flash this too.. my 1 yr old daughter is starting to walk and I tried it without this and it was blurry..
[Epic 4G Android Development] mis3:
If you want to stay stock and not use Odin, my suggestion is to search for the genocide kernel and flash that in CWM. It's a great kernel AND version 0.3 includes this camera/camcorder fix.

OP - Great job on fixing this so quickly.
[Epic 4G Android Development] poit:
I'd gladly use odin, I just have never flashed a bare kernal update like this and can't find any info using searches. Can you point me in the right direction?

I'm sure the Genocide kernel is fine, but as I read it it's an overclocking kernel. I'd rather not set up overclocking
[Epic 4G Android Development] morbiddevil82:
I'm not stock.. I have cwm 2.5... and have used odin before.. just wanted to know where to put I in odin.. guess ill search (which I know I should have done first)
[Epic 4G Android Development] poit:
OK, just went for it and used Odin just like I was flashing a ROM. I just put the "epic_camera_fix-EB13.tar" file in the PDA field, no PID or anything else, and hit start button. Worked fine, no more video cam lag. Took about 30 seconds, and didn't lose any data or settings.

THANKS to mkasick for the fix.
[Epic 4G Android Development] TheMostToys:
Works perfect.

YOU ROCK!!!

Thank you
[Epic 4G Android Development] mkasick:
I don't believe you have to enable overclocking in Genocide. It should run at the normal Epic clock speed if you do nothing more.

I recommend folks who want this patch to use a custom kernel as I don't intend to support the test kernel I posted long-term. That said, it should be perfectly fine to use as a stock+fix stopgap until Sprint releases an official update, which hopefully should be shortly.

Instructions for flashing a kernel with Odin are mid-way down the OP in the Return to Stock thread:

Replace SPH-D700.zImage.stock.tar with epic_camera_fix-EB13.tar of course.

Also, I updated the OP with a detailed description of the bug. Hope it proves insightful for some folks.
[Epic 4G Android Development] adelmundo:
Thanks for the the explanation. Totally understand what happened after your write up. I wonder if they will be adding a "Fireworks" option when Samsung/Sprint pushes out that patch update/fix for this. I will probably go ahead and update my phone via odin (stock EB13 and rooted only) with the .tar file, but if and when they do push out an official fix, (noob question): will I be able to run the update without fail because of this change?
[Epic 4G Android Development] klownin816:
Thank you so much for this fix mkasick! I just applied onto 2 epics and both are working as they should. Great job!
[Epic 4G Android Development] bjhill2112:
The 0.3a version of Genocide defaults to 1 Ghz - undervolt so you should see a slight battery increase with it. You have to use SetCPU to overclock it.

Spot on analysis btw - as soon as I saw that diff I started cursing. That's the kind of thing that unit testing and code reviews should catch! Seriously, WTH would you ever put a new enum value in the middle of the list? That's a junior mistake right there ;)
[Epic 4G Android Development] klownin816:
I was wondering the same. Wouldn't you just need to reflash the stock kernel if it failed though?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Paltomiel:
I'd like to apply this fix to my camera...can somebody please make a tutorial for noobs and explain step by step how apply it?

thank you :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] mkasick:
There's already a Firework scene mode in the Camera app, but presumably it just uses an existing ISO mode. It's possible they could fully implement ISO_FIREWORKS in the update, but they'll have to include a Camera app/library update as well.

And it will be annoying for us as kernel devs will have to pull in the souce change update, and old EB13-based kernels will be incompatible with the new Camera app and vice-versa. Which is why, I hope, if they do add it, they do so in the backwards-compatible fashion I hinted at instead of the existing broken way.

No, the OTA update will check to make sure you're running a stock kernel and fail if you're not. Reflashing the stock EB13 kernel back before updating will allow it to work. To make that process easier I added a link to an Odin-flashable stock kernel in the OP. I'll attach it to the post too when I get home.
[Epic 4G Android Development] adelmundo:
Thank you once again! I will flash the kernel fix and if they do send out an update, I will flash back the stock. Until that time, I will at least have a decent camera for low light recording.
[Epic 4G Android Development] MikeEx:
Works perfect. Thanks for the fix.
[Epic 4G Android Development] incisivekeith:
Procedure to flash this kernel

The following were well-presented steps by Wosdaman for upgrading to the EB13 update in the first post of this thread, but they are the same steps you will need to follow for flashing the patched kernel provided by mkasick in this thread. For simplicity, I am pasting the steps from Whosdaman's post below, replacing the EB13 firmware file name (in Whosdaman's post) with the file name of mkasick's fixed version of the kernel:

1. Download Samsung_Mobile_Driver_V1.3.800_For_SPH-d700_Epic_4G.zip

2. Unzip the file and install the driver

3. Download Odin3+v1.61andepic.pit.zip

4. Unzip the file and open up "Odin3+v1.61.exe"

5. Put your phone into "Download Mode" by doing the following:

- Pull out battery

- Put in battery

- Push and hold "1" on your keyboard

- Power on device while holding "1"

6. Plug your Epic 4G into the computer

7. Download "epic_camera_fix-EB13.tar" provided in the first post in this thread

8. Place the file in the "PDA" slot

9. Start flashing

I am going to use the same procedure outlined above to flash mkasick's fixed kernel. Based on my research, merely flashing a kernel should retain all data and settings on the phone. If someone disagrees with me on anything, please feel free to correct me.

Update: I just flashed the kernel following the steps above, and everything looks fine. The stuttering/laggy behavior of the camcorder (not the camera) is gone, and it works fine on the Sports Scene mode for the camera (not the camcorder), too. All data is intact. Thank you so much, mkasick!
[Epic 4G Android Development] adelmundo:
Thanks for the procedure. Worked perfect and cam now works as it should. If they do come out with a new update, I can flash back to the old kernel to update.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Alcon1198:
Nice Job, Thanks for all the time you put in to repairing this bug. Im sure there are all kinds of other mapping problems through out the system.